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Somerville finance committee schedules virtual community budget hearing for Feb. 10 with Spanish and Portuguese translation
Summary
Chair Ben Wheeler announced a virtual community budget hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 at 6 p.m., required by the new city charter; the meeting will include live simultaneous Spanish and Portuguese translation and additional languages on request via languageaccess@somervillema.gov or 311 with seven days' notice.
Somerville’s Finance Committee announced it will host a virtual community budget hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 at 6 p.m., as required by the city’s new charter. Chair Ben Wheeler invited residents and community organizations to share budget priorities directly with the committee.
Wheeler said the hearing will include live simultaneous translation in Spanish and Portuguese and that additional languages can be provided on request if residents contact languageaccess@somervillema.gov or call 311 at least seven days before the event. The committee said it will publicize the Zoom link and encouraged broad community participation; no deliberation on logistics took place because the item had not been formally posted on the agenda.
